Leisure Painter - 15 Aug 2025
Watercolour masterclass
Panoramic landscapes
Discover new skills
ART WEBINARS ON-DEMAND
SALLY STIRLING
On the cover
Texture and momentum
Spanish sun
Capturing the essence of the festival
Relaxing rural watercolour painting
Painting with sight problems
The art of arrangement
Seasons of small things: Summer
Coloured-pencil clinic
Travelling light
Highlights
Start Art guides
Editor’s welcome
Editor’s choice
Subscriptions
Webinars On-demand
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Art clubs
Spotlight on art
Editor’s choice
Moira Cameron announced as winner of the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2025
Art History Festival
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The King’s Tour Artists
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Texture & momentum
GEMMA’S 5 TOP tips for exploring texture in your art:
About Gemma
The art of arrangement
Poor composition examples
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Capturing the essence of
the festival
Richard Holland shares his approach to outside oil sketching followed by studio painting
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Seasons of small things:
Summer
Demonstration
Linda Birch
Rolling countryside
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Indentations
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Painting with sight problems
John’s top tips for painting with sight problems
Shines & reflections
Spanish sun
Spanish sun
What inspires you to paint?
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6 TOP TIPS for painting late afternoon at the Alhambra
Daniel Fermor-smith
The shadows
Get yourself there!
Travelling light
Art clubs
Don’t forget
Sorry Steve!
Art club challenge
Leisure Painter & the artist
Highlights in the November issue of The Artist
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ACHIEVING VIBRANCY IN PASTELS
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WELCOME from the editor
A day in the life of Ian Sidaway
Painting boats and harbour scenes
Letting tone do all the work
The golden hour
Pastel expression and vibrancy
Watercolour freed!
Discovering the perfect surface for wildlife
Learn from the Masters
Panoramic landscapes
Turning professional
Ask an artist
Figures in the landscape
EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS
THIS MONTH’S COVER
COMING NEXT MONTH:
The Art World:
Editor’s welcome:
SAHARA LONGE: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
CHANGING SEASONS
ANTHONY EYTON
SICKERT LOVE, DEATH & ENNUI:
RADICAL HARMONY - HELENE KRÖLLER-MÜLLER’S NEOIMPRESSIONISTS
AFTER NATURE
Painting boats and harbour scenes
A LIMITED PALETTE
CHARACTERISTICS OF OIL
DEMONSTRATION Evening Whitby Harbour
DEMONSTRATION Evening Whitby Harbour
A day in the life of IAN SIDAWAY RI ASGFA
Ian Sidaway
IAN’S TOP TIPS FOR ASPIRING PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS
EXHIBITIONS
Discovering the perfect
surface for wildlife
Pastel expression and vibrancy
Panoramic highland landscapes
STAGE FOUR
STAGE TWO
STAGE ONE
STAGE THREE
FINISHED PAINTING
STAGE FIVE
Paul Weaver
STAGE SIX
THE
GOLDEN HOUR
USE COLOUR AND VALUE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
Greta Vilidaite
DEMONSTRATION Through the Gully, Stanage
HOW TO PAINT A BRIGHT SUN
p Rock pools at Freshwater, Daler-rowney Aquafine Watercolour Artboard (cold pressed surface), 113/4x161/2in (29.5x42cms)
Watercolour freed!
COLOUR SCHEME
MATERIALS
GRITTY GRANULATION
EXPLORE FURTHER
Letting tone
do all the work
DEMONSTRATION Along the Esk River, Whitby
COLOURS
TEN BENEFITS OF A LIMITED PALETTE
FINISHED PAINTING
The Persistence of Memory
Turning PROFESSIONAL
Kimberley Keegan shares tips and advice for working artists from the popular Ask an Artist podcasts.
KIMBERLEY KEEGAN
FIGURES in the LANDSCAPE
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